Tin cookie cutter; flower form with metal handle. Dipped in rice flour and egg batter then put in hot coconut oil; used at ceremonies and at end of “Ramadan.” Length 15.5 cm. According to exhibit label, may have been used to shape pastries at ceremonies and at the end of Ramadan.
Donor:
Nancy Tanner and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Sungai Puar, Sumatra, Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Indonesian and Minangkabau
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household and 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1995-1996 #9: Museum of International Folk Art (October 1, 1995–February 11, 2000)